Southern Syncopaters (Musical group)
Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Musicians Protective Association, Local 537 (Boise, Idaho) records
Collection
Identifier: MS 0065
Summary
Minute book (1910-1915); cash book (1917-1922); one folder of correspondence, mostly circular letters from the national headquarters of the union (1928-1929); and miscellaneous records. Includes a draft of a letter explaining why Leon Smith and his Southern Syncopaters, a "colored" orchestra, were discouraged from joining the all-white Boise local.
Dates:
1910 - 1931